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Message started by russ_g on 04/07/06 at 17:11:39

Title: muff opinions
Post by russ_g on 04/07/06 at 17:11:39

Ok, IMHO the stock muffler just doesn't look or sound the greatest. However, I also don't want my bike to be too loud. Any middle of the road here?

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by Savage Librarian on 04/07/06 at 17:19:17

I'd recommend going with a sportster muffler. Easy to put on, enough volume to hear yourself without irritating the neighbors, and about as inexpensive as you're going to get, methinks. Louder than stock, but not so loud as any of the others, from what I hear.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by russ_g on 04/07/06 at 17:26:16

Thanks much - so if one were to look for a Sportster muffler? Is there a standard part number? Anything else required to install this? Forgive my stupidity.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by Steve530 on 04/07/06 at 18:31:03

russ_g,

I went to a local harley dealer and browsed through their used mufflers. I found a nice used muffler from a Dyna for $20. It has a different bracket than the Sportster muffler that was easier to mount, but I had to have a short exhaust pipe extension made at a muffler shop.

I think you need to buy a Sportster or Dyna muffler made for a bike before 2004. The newer mufflers have a small crossover that you would have to plug, so don't get one of those.

Steve

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by Savage_Rob on 04/07/06 at 22:58:57

Oh, mufflers! I just had to see what this topic was about.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by lancer on 04/08/06 at 03:53:32

Savage_Rob wrote:

Oh, mufflers! I just had to see what this topic was about.

I think you need to go back behind the dumpster for a while ;D

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by chriss on 04/08/06 at 04:09:42

Russ, check out the Supertrapp muffler. Expensive, but its a deep rumble, much like a Harley. Seriously! Big increase in power too!. It has disks that you add and remove to change sound and performance. Dont forget to get a K@N air filter also if you get a less restrictive muffler.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by Reelthing on 04/08/06 at 05:32:13

lancer wrote:

I think you need to go back behind the dumpster for a while ;D

must be the pills

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by ruffhunter on 04/08/06 at 15:07:01

I've been browsing at Cycle Shack's mufflers. They have a turn out muffy that I like and appears to be the same exhaust in their Universal Fit section marked MTO-134. 1 3/4 hook up with a 2 inch overall diameter. Jcwhitney has a similar universal slip on but only in 27 and 3? inch offerings. I'll have to measure the length when I pick my new S40 up.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by thumperclone on 04/12/06 at 07:46:30

had that turn out from jcw WAY too loud no baffle packing non removable steel baffel..e bay got hd muff for $15 plus shipping the 90s model has a better bracket still need the adapter from your local muff shop some free some 5 bucks.. i drilled out the disk with a 1/4 in bit just the rite sound for my taste.. got an 80s model(tab style) with a nickle size hole in the disk...yours if you pay shipp...

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by cigaro on 04/12/06 at 12:09:33

Okay one more time. For my Sportster muff conversion I need a muffler shop to craft a 7 inch extension that goes from what to what? Mean what size at one end and the other?

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by ruffhunter on 04/12/06 at 12:47:58

Thanks for the input of the Jc thumperclone, I'll avoid it.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by pgolden on 04/12/06 at 13:02:09

Go to my page on bikepics.com (link below), print a picture of my adapter, take your header pipe and sportster muffler to the muffler shop, tell the mechanic you need a 10 degree bend in the middle of the adapter.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by azjay on 04/13/06 at 07:17:37

i have a 17" straight thru, sportster muffler on my wife's bike, the harley bracket, matched up with the suzuki mount perfectly, i used a harley muffler clamp, and the suzuki heat shields. i like loud pipes, and i think it sounds exactly as it should, you can hear it 1/2 mile away but not 1 mile.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by thumperclone on 04/13/06 at 07:23:58

cigaro wrote:

Okay one more time. For my Sportster muff conversion I need a muffler shop to craft a 7 inch extension that goes from what to what? Mean what size at one end and the other?

(from front to back)its a piece of 1 3/4 tail pipe one end is flared to fit over end of head pipe then 10 degree bend (to kick muff out away from back brake lever and cable) then lightly sand outside rim of other end and cram it in the hd muff..

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by Pops on 04/13/06 at 17:41:16

hey guys tell me what you think of the Jardine Exhaust .
That is what is on my savage when i bought it. Its a little load but I like the sound .But what i need to know is if i get a carb.upgrade is it going to be good enough flow .I know it might be a dumb question but hey You know .Thankyou.

Title: Re: muff opinions
Post by jrm8486 on 04/13/06 at 18:24:29

I have a Amal carb from Lancer & a Jardine muffler w/air pod type air filter and it works great, the performance difference is scary. So with the stock carb fixed right it should work great.